In an Out-of-Character Proposal,
CDU Backs Corporate Tax Hike

DUESSELDORF, Germany -- Germany's main opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union, announced a surprising policy twist in its campaign to retake the chancellery in elections this autumn.

The deputy leader of the Christian Democrats in Parliament, Peter Rauen, said that if elected, the party would raise the tax rate on the country's big corporations. Christian Social chancellor candidate and Bavarian Gov. Edmund Stoiber, along with parliamentary-group leader Friedrich Merz, also said the conservatives planned to adopt...